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Elazar Stern, Minister of Intelligence of the State of Israel, and Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, attend the first meeting in a decade of a frozen joint council. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid dialled in remotely for the EU-Israel Association Council talks. IMAGES
Foreign ministers from NATO's members states are joined by Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba ahead of a meeting in Brussels on the war in Ukraine. Kuleba has called on NATO members to provide Kyiv with all the heavy weaponry it needs to fight Russia's invading forces. IMAGES
The European Union declares a group of Russian diplomats working with the EU institutions "persona non grata", setting in motion their possible expulsion from Belgium. SOUNDBITE
EU foreign ministers meet on the occasion of a Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, where they are expected to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov meets his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau in Moscow amid an tensions between Russia and Western countries over Ukraine. Russia said it was pulling back some of its forces near the Ukrainian border to their bases, in what would be the first major step towards de-escalation in weeks of crisis with the West. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says US will respond to any Russian aggression "including cyberattacks, paramilitary tactics and other means of advancing their interests aggressively", amid growing US fears that Russia will invade neighbouring Ukraine despite warnings of severe reprisals. SOUNDBITE